Remembering 1619, the Slave Trade, and Resistance
This was the opening program of the 2019 Lapidus Center conference titled, “Enduring Slavery: Resistance, Public Memory, and Transatlantic A… read more
This was the opening program of the 2019 Lapidus Center conference titled, “Enduring Slavery: Resistance, Public Memory, and Transatlantic Archives.” This program included remarks by philanthropist Sid Lapidus, the awarding of the Harriet Tubman prize, and three scholars giving talks marking the 400th anniversary of the first slaves arriving in North America. Part of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center, the Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Transatlantic Slavery organized this conference. close
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Herman Bennett Author
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Michelle Commander Associate Director and Curator Lapidus Center for the Historical Analysis of Slavery
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Kevin Dawson Author
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Sid Lapidus Philanthropist
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